Tales of an emergency physician, recertifying for the third time
Year 2000. I’m sitting in a semi-fancy hotel ballroom near LAX along with several hundred slightly edgy emergency physicians. We’re all awaiting the start of our ABEM written re-certification examination. This was in the old-school days of live exams. We had an MD master of ceremonies, a famous EM leader; and I can still remember his message to the assemblage. “If you’re re-certing for the first time, welcome, relax, good …
